,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #degc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #f1        
#bjag,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois 7for      
herself1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,clay1    
,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,lewis of
 ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of    
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,eddie       
,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4       
,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1    
,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4    
,bass1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4   
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,fudge1     
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,adams1 and
 ,mr4 ,evans7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to clarify that the ,dickey    
,amendment does not prevent the use of  
funds for research on mental health1 gun
 violence1 and how they intersect1 and  
to provide for reporting on the effects 
of gun violence4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,gun ,violence

 ,research ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,findings
 ,the ,congress finds as follows3  7#a7 
,as of ,december #d1 #bjag1 there have  
been #ef1hbe incidents of gun violence  
in the ,united ,states in #bjag4  7#b7  
,as of ,december #d1 #bjag1 there have  
been #ad1cai deaths related to gun      
violence in the ,united ,states in      
#bjag4  7#c7 ,defining a mass shooting  
as an incident of violence during which 
four or more people are shot1 not       
including the shooter--  7,a7 there have
 been #cbg mass shootings in the ,united
 ,states in #bjag2  7,b7 on average1    
there is more than one mass shooting    
each day in the ,united ,states2 and    
7,c7 there have been more than #a1ejj   
mass shootings in the ,united ,states   
since the shooting at ,sandy ,hook      
,elementary in #bjab4  #c4 ,research on 
mental health1 gun violence1 and how    
they intersect ,effective on the date of
 enactment of the ,consolidated         
,appropriations ,act1 #bjaf 7,public    
,law #aad-aac71 section #baj            

7prohibiting the availability of funds  
to advocate or promote gun control7 of  
title ,,ii of division ,h of such ,act  
7relating to the ,department of ,health 
and ,human ,services7 is amended to read
 as follows3  #baj4 ,none of the funds  
made available in this title may be     
used1 in whole or in part1 to advocate  
or promote gun control4 ,nothing in this
 section shall be construed to limit    
funding for the conduct or support of   
research on mental health1 gun violence1
 and how they intersect4  4  #d4 ,report
 on effects of gun violence on public   
health ,not later than one year after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and annually thereafter1 the ,surgeon   
,general of the ,public ,health ,service
 shall submit to ,congress a report on  
the effects on public health1 including 
mental health1 of gun violence in the   
,united ,states during the preceding    
year1 and the status of actions taken to
 address such effects4  #e4 ,report on  
effects of gun violence on mental health

 in minority communities ,not later than
 one year after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,deputy     
,assistant ,secretary for ,minority     
,health in the ,office of the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services shall  
submit to ,congress a report on the     
effects of gun violence on public       
health1 including mental health1 in     
minority communities in the ,united     
,states1 and the status of actions taken
 to address such effects4